Once on an Off-Key Time

April 14, 2009

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Bogdan Suceavă's Once on an Off-Key Time / Venea din timpul diez will be launched by the Hungarian publisher Noran Könyvek during the Budapest Fair from April 23-26 in a translation by József Éltető. Romanian critic Paul Cernat considers the novel one of the heavy weight titles of the Romanian new wave. Liviu Antonesei calls it "the first convincing novel of the transition." To note: Mr. Suceavă is the author of several novels, including Miruna, a Story / Miruna, o poveste which won the Fiction Prize of the Bucharest Writers' Association in 2008. Once on an Off-Key Time / Venea din timpul diez / A félhanggal emelt időből érkezett will be launced with introductions by Anamaria Pop, Lajos Parti Nagy and Szöcs Géza, the launch on April 25 in Kner Imre Hall at the Millenaris Center from 12:00-13:00.*

* Romania is the featured guest at the Budapest Book Fair. To read more go to http://www.bookfestival.hu

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A félhanggal emelt időből érkezett / Once on an Off-Key Time. Budapest: Noran Könyvek. 2009

Once on an Off-Key Time / Venea din timpul diez. Iaşi: Polirom. 2004

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